Vivi Nova

Green Hornet

Got one of those Vivi Nova's this morning. It cost 12 euro from TBS and has a fairly big tank that holds probably 3ml or more and has replacement heads (3 supplied @ 1.8 ohm, 2.4 ohm and 2.8 ohm). Nice piece of kit actually.

The coil and wick are very accessible and I'm assuming that a person can make up fresh coils/wicks whenever they want when the supplied ones die.

Only had a few toots on it yet and it seems to work pretty good using the 2.4 ohm head @ 4.0 volts. Decent taste and vapour. I'll know more after a few hours use I suppose.

Already prefer it much much more than the stardust cos the draw is much lighter and a warm vape. What impresses me most is that the whole thing is easily disassemblable for washing, changing coils etc.

If you were thinking of buying a stardust, I think I'd have a look at this first. Of course, I'll probably end up eating my words later but first impressions are good.

Stefan_Cork

thanks for that,
wasn't sure how they perform, may order some for the missus.
keep us updated...

Green Hornet

Will do! I'm impressed with this thing so far. The tank is a bit bigger than I'd normally use @ 3.5mls but thats a personal thing.

Every single bit of it screws apart with your hands and fingers. and the coil wick can easily be washed. I normally use an RDA and it's great but I've been looking for a tank system as well and hopefully I've found it.

Hope I dont end up eating my words now............

eeloe

Aye got one myself, filled it yesterday and made bits of the 2.4ohm coil straight away, fired it before it was saturated!

was using the 2.8ohm coil last night then and it was working away perfectly

stevenmu

How do you find it compared to the RDA?

The stardust never really did it for me, but it'd be nice to have something simple like that around.

Green Hornet

stevenmu wrote: »

How do you find it compared to the RDA?

The stardust never really did it for me, but it'd be nice to have something simple like that around.

That's a very good question and I had exactly the same problem. Tried loads of tanks and clearo's to find something that would at least partly measure up to the RDA but nothing did. The RDA is always a bit dodgy in the pocket cos of potential leaking obviously and it's hard to know how much is left in it too so I was looking for some kind of tank system.

So far, I'd have to say that it measures up very well. The vape is warmer than the RDA even at 3.8v and a 2.4 ohm coil and the vapour and flavour are also very good. The draw is very similar and no issue at all.

For 12 euro, I think it shapes up very well compared to the RDA and it's worth a punt for you I think. It's a far, far superior system than the stardust in every single way I think.

Gryzor

Anytime i look at these tanks, i always wonder how they can possibly wick properly once the juice gets to any kind of low level

I noticed in another thread eeloe, you had wicking problems with the vision ego. You pretty much described my experience...

How are ye finding the wicking on the viv nova's, dry hits etc...??

stevenmu

Green Hornet wrote: »

That's a very good question and I had exactly the same problem. Tried loads of tanks and clearo's to find something that would at least partly measure up to the RDA but nothing did. The RDA is always a bit dodgy in the pocket cos of potential leaking obviously and it's hard to know how much is left in it too so I was looking for some kind of tank system.

So far, I'd have to say that it measures up very well. The vape is warmer than the RDA even at 3.8v and a 2.4 ohm coil and the vapour and flavour are also very good. The draw is very similar and no issue at all.

For 12 euro, I think it shapes up very well compared to the RDA and it's worth a punt for you I think. It's a far, far superior system than the stardust in every single way I think.

Excellent, sounds right up my street. Have the same issues with the RDA, they're great, but most of my pockets smell of Halo Torque at this stage . I have an RTA on the way, which will help, but it'd be nice to have something cheap and simple to just fill up and throw in a pocket as needed.

eeloe

I've only been using it on and off since yesterday it's sitting on top of my lavatube infront of my computer.

I've had about 3ml through it so far and it's grand, I've been making sure to give it a swish around, and a tip over every once in a while and no real dry hits or anything! I'll keep ye updated tho!

chickenfarmer

Hi Guys, been lurking about here for the last 9 weeks so time to make myself known. Been vaping for 8 weeks and off the cigarettes for 7 weeks. My wife is also off them and vaping. Starting with Ego T 900mah batteries and CE4+ clearomisers but had no luck with them. Got CE5+ clearomisers from discount vapers in the states and found them way better. fixed all the problems I had with the CE4+.
Then moved onto Ego C twist and wanted something easier to get my hands on than the CE5+ so got a vivi nova tank from TBS. Have it a week now. Great tank. no Issues. Have to splosh it about a bit to keep the wicks wet but no problem with that. Have been using the 2.4ohm head up till last nite. Died on me with no warning. I was after cranking up to 4.3v and enjoying the thick vapour when it died (or maybe I killed it) :-) Anyways I have in my pocket a lot of the time. Even when about the farm. (am careful to within reason of it) and no leaks or problems with it. It's sturdy out !
In my 8 short weeks of vaping this has been the best so far. Am very happy with. I even have 2 more coming today to have spares. :-D

Green Hornet

Thats good to see and welcome!

I do notice that the vapour is very warm. I started off using the 2.4 ohm at 4v but I'm cranking down as the day goes on. Apart from that I've still to get a bad hit, leak or anything. Normally the "issues" start appearing an hour or two after the initial thrill of a new toy but I'm delighted with this actually.

eeloe

Welcome aboard mate....glad your doing so well..soon your 7 weeks analog free will be 7 months!

Keep on vaping

chickenfarmer

So far so good. To be honest at 1st I didn't think it would work but 7 weeks later I'm thrilled. All this vaping gear is eating up what I am saving on not smoking 30 a day ! ha ha ha. 2 more vivi nova tanks, 150 mils of juice and a lava tube due today ! Whuuhuuu.

Gryzor

It never feckin stops, there's always new stuff coming out :eek:

Green Hornet

Just a quick update. I've used this since 10 this morning and haven't had one dry/burnt hit from it yet and no leaks either.

The only possible negative that I have is the heat of the vape. It's quite hot even down at 3.2 volts using the 2.4 ohm head.

I'd imagine the 1.8 ohm must be very hot altogether.

eeloe

It's the nature of the set up, the heating coil is pretty damn close to your mouth when you think of it, compared to a carto...very little room for it to loose temperature.

nesf

Ordered. If this isn't superb I'll hunt down each and every one of you and make you vape dry 306s!

Green Hornet

I'm an idiot too by the way. I was wondering why the 2.4 ohm was so hot.............well, it's because I had the 1.8 ohm head on it........

In a rush to play with my new toy I must have mixed them up.

Elbow

Been using the vivi nova for the most of a week now & its the best tank i've used so far, no leaks or cracks and most importantly flavor is very consistent.

For €12 with 3 atomizers its fantastic value

Green Hornet

I took the 2.8 ohm one apart with a view to rebuilding it but the distance from the coil to the connecting point is fairly long. They seem to have a bit of thicker wire soldered onto the end of the coil. Without that, the wire length would be very long and add a heap of resistance. Damn it. TBS dont have replacement heads yet either.

tommy2bad

Green Hornet wrote: »

I took the 2.8 ohm one apart with a view to rebuilding it but the distance from the coil to the connecting point is fairly long. They seem to have a bit of thicker wire soldered onto the end of the coil. Without that, the wire length would be very long and add a heap of resistance. Damn it. TBS dont have replacement heads yet either.

This might help?
http://www.beatrev.com/2012/05/10/vivi-nova-rebuild-tutorial/
Then again it might not, I didnt understand about the resistance and no resistance wire. YMMV

Green Hornet

I think you can use long legs and bend it back and twist it tightly to kind of simulate some no resistance apparently.

sept09baby

Am really tempted to order one of these and see what the fuss is about. Hmmm

nesf

Arrived today. Very handy design. Works perfectly well. I can't wait until TBS has individual atomisers for it in stock.

Gryzor

Ended up getting one today aswell, initially impressed

If you're not in a rush for atties, Health Cabin have them in stock, probably a bit cheaper aswell..

kiffy

Gryzor wrote: »

Ended up getting one today aswell, initially impressed

If you're not in a rush for atties, Health Cabin have them in stock, probably a bit cheaper aswell..

Is it just me? got my Lavatube with the nova tank from TBS today and have to say the flavour with the Lavatube comes out better than the twist, but have noticed that when the level in the Nova drops around half way down I start getting a burnt taste, tried swishing as some of you have said and soaking the wick in the juice but still burnt taste. As soon as I top up the the level again no burnt taste and lovely smooth flavour and great plumes of vapour with the Lavatube (2.4 ohm head) Can't see the point of having a 3.5 ml tank if I have to keep topping it up before it gets half way down
Any suggestions?

eeloe

I can't say I've noticed that happening to me, when the flavor starts to dip, give it a little swish around and bam, its back.

nesf

I've found turning it upside down for a few seconds helps.

kiffy

nesf wrote: »

I've found turning it upside down for a few seconds helps.

I'll try that when level goes down, must give vaping a break for an hour or so, got a bit of a headache from chain vaping my new toy.
Have to say peeps at work having a good laugh at me coz of the size of the Lavetube with the Nova tank stuck on top, but couldn't give a hoot, tiz working for me just dandy.
BTW could the burnt taste come from the 2.4 ohm head, do I need to put in the 2.8 or is the 2.4 ok for a vv?

nesf

2.4 should be fine so long as the voltage is low enough. 1.8 should be grand at 3V.

kiffy

nesf wrote: »

I've found turning it upside down for a few seconds helps.

Started getting burnt taste again when level dropped to 1.6 ml and turned it upside down for about 20 sec's and burning taste gone. So your not just a pretty face

On another topic, has anyone had problems with their lavatube button not firing? (only got it yesterday) last night about one in four clicks wouldn't fire it up at all, battery charged at 60% even changed battery and still problem with button not working regularly.
But today it's working perfectly (and no I wasn't pi$$ed) hope it's not a dicky button problem that will eventually fail.

borygo77

I've been floating around vivi nova from TBS couple days after reading this just ordered one for testing

eeloe

kiffy wrote: »

Started getting burnt taste again when level dropped to 1.6 ml and turned it upside down for about 20 sec's and burning taste gone. So your not just a pretty face

On another topic, has anyone had problems with their lavatube button not firing? (only got it yesterday) last night about one in four clicks wouldn't fire it up at all, battery charged at 60% even changed battery and still problem with button not working regularly.
But today it's working perfectly (and no I wasn't pi$$ed) hope it's not a dicky button problem that will eventually fail.

Yeah that can happen sometimes on the lavvatube, nothing major to worry about, it's just the way it is, if the button sticks, give the whole tube a very light tap with your hand to move the button, and you'll be good to go!

Gryzor

Have to say after a few days using this device, it's great. Didn't think i'd like it all that much, but pleasantly surprised. It wicks way better than any of the previous CE# tanks i've tried before, It still requires tipping when it gets low, but other than that, happy days. No leaks, no gurgling and simple to fill or top up.

Only downside, Swedish Fish is horrible in it for me. When the coil is well wicked, all i get is a sickly sweet mouthful of vapour, after that a very muted flavour, with no fizz. I likes the fizz

Other small niggle, the ohmage of my atties was a good bit off. The 1.8 metered out at 2.3, which is not great. The 2.4 metered out at 2.7.

nesf

Yeah, I'm finding similar after several days use. This is fine, I could live with it. The tipping over, well, I started off as a direct dripper with 306s so this really isn't too much hassle for me. I definitely like the lack of flooding/gurgling/draw decrease that I was getting with the DCC tanks.

sept09baby

Mine arrived today and so far it's grand. I'm not madly in love yet but think that may be down to the juice. Seem to keep going back to my dct with vampires kiss so may try that next. Nothing else seems to be satisfying me for the last few days - even previous favourites

sept09baby

Yay - filled it with the vampires kiss and it's vaping nirvana :D Long may it last

Gryzor

Just rewicked one of these, using 2 strands of bulli wick and 5 or 6 wraps of nichrome wire. Came out at 1.7ohm. Definitely an improvement in flavour, no dip in vapour or throathit.

There's a load of YT videos on it. Worth a shot, as the rest of the tank is solid. So a few quid on wick and wire, and this thing can last for ages at no further expense.

Green Hornet

I've just rewicked using cotton from a face pad. Saw it on ukvapers.

You just remove the old wick without even taking the head apart and roll a piece of cotton. Put the cotton through the coil using the tapered end to lead. It works great.

http://ukvapers.org/Thread-How-to-upgrade-a-Vision-Ego-Rebuildable-OR-Vivi-Nova-with-cotton-wool-pads

Green Hornet

Okay, one day later and loving this cotton wick. Not one dry hit - the cotton is soaking all the time even when the volume is down to 0.5ml remaining.

Flavour is extremely smooth and loads of vapour.

I've used it in the RDA and it worked fantastic too but you can't see how much juice remains in the RDA and I was afraid I'd burn it.

I'd say the only drawback is that changing flavours could be a pain alright.

Gryzor

Green Hornet wrote: »

I'd say the only drawback is that changing flavours could be a pain alright.

Seems so simple, you'd just change the wick with the new juice...

Will definately give it a go methinks....

Green Hornet

It is that simple - just take out the old wick gently and twist some cotton wool/face pad nice and skinny. Make one end as thin as you can and feed through from there.

It's a drastic improvement on the original wick. I always had some issues with that and got an off taste from it but this is just excellent.

Gryzor

Tried it on 2 vivv novas last night...big wicking improvment. I'd say it'll really transform the vision ego's, they never wicked right for me, long or short wicks...glad i didn't throw them out now

Bubba9

Big improvement alright. Followed the instructions but was easier just to make a new coil...5 turns of .2 nichrome came out at 1.6v. Fairly drinks the juice but loads of vapour and very good flavour. Got a strange look from the missus when I asked where she kept her make-up pads:)

Mandyxxx

I got the new Vivi Nova Mini from the Best Shop this morning. It is similar in size and appearance to the Ego Vision. It is easier to fill without dripping liquid down the centre tube. Absolutely no leaks or spots of liquid on the battery. I've only had it a few hours though so we'll see. The replacement wicks are €3 each so if you go through, say, 2 a week this could be very economical. It looks very well on an Ego battery. Using the 1.8 atty gives a light warm vape. At last I've found the perfect hardware after much trial and error.!
I'm using 100% Vg with no problems so far though it probably means I'll go through atties quicker. The Ego Visions only lasted a week for me.

newmark

Has anyone used the vivi nova version 3 with the long wicks yet and are they as good as the version 2 short wicked ones? Im wandering do the atty heads on a version 3 long wick one fit the version 2 tank as well

Bubba9

Green Hornet wrote: »

I've just rewicked using cotton from a face pad. Saw it on ukvapers.

You just remove the old wick without even taking the head apart and roll a piece of cotton. Put the cotton through the coil using the tapered end to lead. It works great.

http://ukvapers.org/Thread-How-to-upgrade-a-Vision-Ego-Rebuildable-OR-Vivi-Nova-with-cotton-wool-pads

Here's a video which explains it fairly well
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP9Y7tF78Yo

I think this is the stuff he uses...dead cheap too:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Braided-Cotton-Candle-Wick-Candles/dp/B006QIXF5W/ref=sr_1_fkmr2_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345057399&sr=8-1-fkmr2

eeloe

I got a Mini Vivi Nova this morning, and i have to say, it's probably the best vape I've had in weeks.

The flavour is super strong and clear on it, wicking isn't a problem on it, as it's the one with the long wicks, and the the new thread design is much nicer, the caps thread on the outside of the tank, not the inside...much more sturdy!

http://www.thebestshop.eu/shop/blank-cartomizers/150-mini-vivi-nova-tank.html

Green Hornet

I have the original one and it's too big. I've just bought the mini.

Whenever one of the heads on yours isnt performing you should rewick using the cotton just to try it. I'll never use fibreglass again if I can use cotton. Apart from the flavour, wicking and price improvements I've read too much about shards and lungs from various forums.

Gryzor

eeloe wrote: »

I got a Mini Vivi Nova this morning, and i have to say, it's probably the best vape I've had in weeks.

The flavour is super strong and clear on it, wicking isn't a problem on it, as it's the one with the long wicks, and the the new thread design is much nicer, the caps thread on the outside of the tank, not the inside...much more sturdy!

http://www.thebestshop.eu/shop/blank-cartomizers/150-mini-vivi-nova-tank.html

Just ordered one myself, is the flavour etc better compared to the regular vivi nova, or pretty much the same. I'll be happy with the same performance in a smaller unit tbh...

Gryzor

newmark wrote: »

Has anyone used the vivi nova version 3 with the long wicks yet and are they as good as the version 2 short wicked ones? Im wandering do the atty heads on a version 3 long wick one fit the version 2 tank as well

Last one I bought had long wicks, not sure what version cause the numbering is different depending on who you buy from.

Heads work on all versions I have, long or short...